Garageband
Definition- Program used for learning to play the piano and guitar and for creating music and podcasts. With GarageBand students can compose, record, and mix music just like a professional recording engineer. Students and educators can also record podcasts and publish them on the web, or even in the iTunes Store.

• Audio recording
• Virtual software instruments
• Virtual music lessons
• MIDI editing
• Podcasts

Educational Value –

• Cross-addressing subjects
• Hands-on activity
• Fosters group work
• Fosters student/teacher connection
• Enables and enhances student creativity
• It’s trendy-students will WANT to do it!

Resources for Future Learning - the following links are two tutorials that will walk you through the process of creating a podcast:

1. http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#garageband-podcast

2. http://mac.appstorm.net/how-to/music/creating-a-podcast-using-garageband/

3. http://www.voiceovertimes.com/2008/01/04/10-tips-for-editing-a-podcast-in-garageband/

We hope these links aid in the process of becoming more familiar with this innovation :-)

Future Teaching - the following links are AMAZING lesson plans that are categorized by subject area. Search for your subject area to see how relevant Garageband can be!

*Reading Fluency*
In elementary classroom, GarageBand can be used to help strengthen reading fluency. The students can record themselves reading text with a voice recorder and then edit the content in the GarageBand. This allows the students to listen to themselves later for a self-evaluation. Also, by recording the students’ readings and saving them, the teacher can go back and listen to the reading later. This can help with time constraint in the classroom since it can be difficult to see all of the students in a timely fashion. You can also use the readings to show the growth of the students reading fluency throughout the year. Here is an example of using GarageBand to create podcasts to assist with reading fluency: http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=10804

*Presentations*
Students can use GarageBand to create presentations. The students can include models, tables, or diagrams throughout the presentation to support their information. This can give the students a chance to give more life to their reports. They can make reference to pictures or documents during their presentation and have them show in their podcast. The presentation can be a personal narrative or a report for history. Podcasts would allow the students to provide pictorial support along side their oral presentation. Here is an example of a family tradition report form first grade: http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/item.php?itemID=10581

*Creative Writing* Students can present their creative writings as a podcast, using GarageBand. The writing can be accompanied by jingles, sound effects, or music to help the students express their creativity. The students can also take original pictures or draw illustrations to add to the podcast through GarageBand. Here is an example of a five sense creative writing project: http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=14031 *Studying Tools Through Raps* GarageBand can also be used to record raps or songs the students created. This can be very useful as a studying tool. Creating a rap or song can assist the students in retaining information. And by recording the rap or song onto a podcast through GarageBand, students can review the song later if they had forgotten it. Students creating a song or rap is a powerful study tool. Here is an example of a rap song about Ancient Egyptian music: http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=300